ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,951, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FMC Corp. (Philadelphia) and FMC IP TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Chlorantraniliprole process through use of a crystal intermediate" was invented by Kare Sondergaard (Holstebro, Denmark), Kim Lundkvist (Lemvig, Denmark), Jack K. Vinther (Holstebro, Denmark), Matthew Richard Oberholzer (Wilmington, Del.), Erin Gallagher Demko (Wilmington, Del.) and Steven T. Booth (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are three-component crystals comprising compounds of Formula II, compounds of Formula III and an amine base in an equimolar ratio (1:1:1). Also disclosed are met...